Art, Music, PE & STEM
STEM
All students this week had a rotations week in STEM.
Activity 1 involved Preps, 3/4s and 5/6s explored chromatography with different coloured textas. Grade 1/2s used magnifying glasses for their first activity to explore different materials.
Activity 2 involved all grades using paper plates, paper cups and if they wished, some icy pole sticks to work with a partner to create a plate stack tower. Amazing designs by all students!
Planning is currently underway for our annual ‘Family STEM Night’. This is going to be held during National Science Week on Thursday 14th August between 6pm and 7pm. We look forward to seeing our families engage in a variety of STEM-related activities on the night.
Mr Nolan
STEM Specialist Teacher
In The Artroom
This week in the Artroom students commenced the textile unit with students learning to finger knit (both with one finger and multiple fingers), weaving a woollen mandala on sticks, weaving with paper, wool, pipe cleaners and feathers, using a loom and many other different textile activities. Photos of artwork will be placed on our school’s facebook page.
Ms Brown will be holding special textile workshops in the Artroom on a Wednesday lunchtime. Students will need to sign up for these workshops on the printed lists which will be posted on the OLA glass doors. Later this term there will be a knitting club commencing with special helpers which is very exciting!
A VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER
The Coleraine Art and Photography Show entry forms need to be registered and paid for online before this Friday for your artwork to be accepted. The art show is not until the 8th of August but entries do need to be registered by 25th July.
Ms Brown can take your artwork to Coleraine and pick it up after the show also if this helps.
This week, Art club has been on a Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtime.
Artist of the week awards go to
- Fletcher Douglas
- Mia Adamson
- 1/2D
- 5/6A
Well done to everyone on a great week of creating yarn based artwork!
Ms Brown
Art Specialist